https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainm ... 8204488The Dad's Army actor Ian Lavender, who played Private Pike in the hit TV series, has died at the age of 77.
Birmingham-born Lavender was just 22 when he was cast as the guileless platoon member, in what was then a new BBC sitcom.
But it made him a household name, and he ended up spending 10 years as part of the comedy classic.
Private Pike goooooooooooooooooooone!
The last surviving cast member of Dad's Army